Masters of art

The €1.00 stamp depicts Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus. The stamp is completed by the legends “IL BOTTICELLI”, “1445-1510”, 'LA NASCITA DI VENERE Firenze, Uffizi' (The Birth of Venus, Florence, Uffizi). The €1.40 stamp depicts Giorgione's painting The Tempest. The stamp is completed by the legends “IL GIORGIONE”, “1477 ca. – 1510”, 'LA TEMPESTA Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia'. The €1.45 stamp depicts Caravaggio's painting Supper at Emmaus. The stamp is completed by the captions “IL CARAVAGGIO”, “1571-1610”, “CENA IN EMMAUS, 1601 Londra, National Gallery”. The €1.50 stamp depicts Rousseau's painting Rugby Players. The stamp is completed by the captions “HENRI ROUSSEAU”, “1844-1910”, 'RUGBY PLAYERS, 1908 Guggenheim Museum". Each stamp is completed by the legends ‘SAN MARINO’, the respective values, the Institute that oversaw the printing, the year of issue and the name of the author of the sketch ‘FRANCO FILANCI’.